Claire Hautot

Instructor of Religious Studies

217 Coates Hall

chautot@lsu.edu

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Ms. Hautot is a doctoral candidate in Anthropology and Sociology of Religion at the ¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø of Chicago Divinity School. Her research areas include religion in the United States, anthropology of the American South, anthropology of religion, anthropology of history, civil religion, neo-confederacy, white nationalism, and public memory.

B.A. in Religious Studies, Rhodes College (2014)

M.A. in Anthropology & Women’s and Gender Studies, Brandeis ¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø (2016)

Ph.D in Anthropology and Sociology of Religion Studies, ¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø of Chicago Divinity School (expected August 2026)

REL 1000: Religions of the World

REL 2033: American Religions

REL 3010: Religion and Slavery

REL 3203: Religion and Parapsychology

Recipient of Social Science Research Council Dissertation Development Program, Northwestern ¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø (2018)

Recipient of Center for the Study of Race, Politics, and Culture Research Grant, ¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø of Chicago (2018; declined)

Recipient of Graduate Student Research Grant, Brandeis ¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø (2015)

Recipient of Women’s Studies Endowed Fellowship, Brandeis ¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø (2015-2016)

Recipient of Dr. and Mrs. Paul McLauren Watson Scholarship, Rhodes College (2010-2014)

Inductee into Theta Alpha Kappa – National Honor Society for Religious Studies and Theology (2014)

Inductee into Order of Omega – Leadership Honor Society for Fraternity and Sorority Men and Women (2014)

Recipient of Rhodes Institute for Regional Studies Research Fellowship (2013)